From The Archive: England vs Germany; 10 Other Matches

We all know about 1966, 1970 and 1996, but England vs Germany has a far richer history than just those three matches.

Those amongst you who pay particularly close attention to the news media may have become aware over the last day or two that England will be playing Germany in the second round of this summer’s European Championships at Wembley on Tuesday night. This is, of course, an extremely important match. It’s England’s biggest rivalry and – after the Netherlands and Italy – Germany’s third biggest, so there will be more than just a place in the quarter-finals of the competition at stake. The national pride of at least one country will be on the line, until the next time it is, and, as we all know, this is always a match that brings out the very best in England, and in particular its populist news media.